JACOB Marsland is just five years of age, he enjoys football, eating curry and watching Dr Who – and he would love to hear from you.

This week the plucky little lad from Kingsmead began the latest round in his fight against cancer, far away from home at hospital in London.

The treatment is called MIGB and involves injecting a highly radioactive substance into his system, which means he will be in the hospital for at least a month, and spend most of that time in isolation.

He has his favourite toys with him and his mum Nicky, who went down with him, has put up Christmas decorations in his room, which they have christened the Tardis.

But one thing that would certainly buoy up his spirits are a few cards and letters from home. You can contact Jacob at University College Hospital, 11th Floor Children’s Inpatient Unit, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 2BU.

Jacob was diagnosed with a rare form of aggressive cancer in March since has been in and out of hospital undergoing treatments.

His dad, Anthony, said: “We have never heard him complain once about being treated, examined, operated on, nor about any of the side-effects of his treatment. Whatever is required, Jacob just gets on with it without question and he has never stopped smiling.”

Despite everything Jacob has not achieved remission and an appeal to send him to America for life-saving treatment has raised £10,000 in just five weeks as Mid Cheshire folk join in the battle to save his life.